Medievalists.net » Humour http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Medieval Jokes http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/30/medieval-jokes/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/30/medieval-jokes/#comments Fri, 30 Aug 2013 19:18:59 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=43272 Did medieval people tell jokes? Read some of the funny tales from the Facetiae, a 15th century bestseller.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/30/medieval-jokes/feed/ 0 How to be a party-crasher in the Middle Ages http://www.medievalists.net/2013/06/09/how-to-be-a-party-crasher-in-the-middle-ages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/06/09/how-to-be-a-party-crasher-in-the-middle-ages/#comments Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:13:19 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=41534 I'm the one who saved you the trouble of sending an invitation!

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/06/09/how-to-be-a-party-crasher-in-the-middle-ages/feed/ 0 Men’s Words in Women’s Mouths: Why Misogynous Stereotypes are Humorous in the Old French Fabliaux http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/31/mens-words-in-womens-mouths-why-misogynous-stereotypes-are-humorous-in-the-old-french-fabliaux/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/31/mens-words-in-womens-mouths-why-misogynous-stereotypes-are-humorous-in-the-old-french-fabliaux/#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2012 23:54:43 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=34382 How can misogyny, or any such unabashed and unrepentant diatribe against women, be part of a genre which is largely considered to be comic?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/31/mens-words-in-womens-mouths-why-misogynous-stereotypes-are-humorous-in-the-old-french-fabliaux/feed/ 0 The Place of Humour in Medieval Literature and Culture http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/11/the-place-of-humour-in-medieval-literature-and-culture/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/11/the-place-of-humour-in-medieval-literature-and-culture/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:19:46 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=30989 This is a 10 minute synopsis of my doctoral dissertation concerning humour in medieval English literature and art delivered at the 2nd Annual Doctoral Research Showcase held in University College Cork on the 21st of June 2011

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/04/11/the-place-of-humour-in-medieval-literature-and-culture/feed/ 0 ’I am well done – please go on eating’ – Food, Digestion, and Humour in Late Medieval Danish Wall Paintings http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/29/i-am-well-done-please-go-on-eating-food-digestion-and-humour-in-late-medieval-danish-wall-paintings/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/29/i-am-well-done-please-go-on-eating-food-digestion-and-humour-in-late-medieval-danish-wall-paintings/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:40:07 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29716 Jesus never laughed or smiled. Holy people behave like Him: they tend to be solemn, austere, and their body language is restricted. They ought in any case to behave like Jesus. But in late medieval Danish wall paintings some holy people rebel, and St Laurence even jokes.

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